Comments on: Gmail Tip: Mark All Unread Mail as Read

By: Ori

Ori — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 05:15:37 +0000

This worked like a charm, i just started with google mail and the one thing i was freaked about was the 6k+ emails that were unread.. 30 seconds after reading this i have 0 unread.. u rock.. thanks

By: Rory

Rory — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 17:24:50 +0000

Thanks mate.

By: Theresa

Theresa — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 12:19:45 +0000

Thanks so much for this! I had a hidden unread message that just wouldn’t clear or change to ‘read’ DESPITE selecting ALL UNREAD in my whole inbox (not just the front page but ALL 4000 of them!) - Interestingly when creating this filter, it listed the rogue message which, according to the date, should have been on the front page! It seemed to have been hiding somewhere! Very strange.

So in conclusion, this tip is great when gmail has a blip! Thanks again!

By: Mattia

Mattia — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 20:11:39 +0000

Hey, I think you are wrong. In google inbox when you click “unread” to select unread mail, if there are mail unread in other pages a yellow bar appears asking if you want to select all the unread mail, even the hided one. I hope you understand my bad english =)

By: Jim

Jim — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 19:41:07 +0000

I find it easier to search for “is:unread” from the main screen. If you select All (rather just unread) then Gmail will add a link to select All items that match this search criteria.

There is no need to have a temporary filter for this purpose as you can do it all from the mail screen.

By: Plecebo

Plecebo — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 19:26:32 +0000

Alternatively if you choose “All” from the select options just above your first email in your box you will get an indicator added just above your email that reads:

All 50 conversations on this page are selected. Select all 99 conversations in Inbox.

You can click the “Select all 99 conversations in Inbox.”

to select every item in your Inbox and then choose “Mark as read” from the More actions drop down.

By: Joel

Joel — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 18:24:04 +0000

I have an easier way…
in Gmail just above the top email. select all. then in the center of the page on top of the first email click the button that says select all 2304 (or however many emails you have) then mark as read.

By: beth

beth — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 18:11:26 +0000

yay!

By: TheRafMan

TheRafMan — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 05:16:52 +0000

Awesome! Thank you!

I was about to ditch Gmail because it was hard to find the needle in the haystack.
One would think that Google would have it built in already or made it easier to get this info.

Thank you again.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 18:11:24 +0000

Worked like a charm. Thanks for posting this!